A new, sparkling clean GEVO leads Clay Boswell empties onto the east leg of the wye late in the day.

After switching lead locomotives back at the yard, a westbound earthworm departs Grand Forks with two GEs on the front and one on the rear.

As the engineer stares at the photographer, the Drayton Local passes under the University of North Dakota's "Hamster" tube and enters the curve back toward the yard.

BNSF 8258 pours on the power as it accelerates west out of Grand Forks with regular merchandise for Minot, ND, late in the day.

Underway again after getting a fresh crew, the thrice-weekly Superior - Minot manifest accelrates west with a photogenic SD75M on the point.

BNSF 8258 and BNSF 8115 lead the Superior, WI - Minot, ND manifest west across the Red River of the North and into North Dakota. Check out the father and son on the other side of the river watchi... (more)

A post-ATSF SD75M and an ex-BN SD60M lead the M-SUPMIN around the curve under Demers Avenue and toward the yard.

An empty grain train for Alberta, MN, is detouring over the original GN main as Engineer Lunak gives me a friendly wave.

BNSF 7581 slowly creeps north with the daily Northtown - Grand Forks manifest. He's got about a mile and 126 cars to go before clearing track warrant 516-88, one of the final few track warrants i... (more)

The daily Grand Forks - Belt Railway high priority manifest departs the yard and hits the east leg of the wye for the Hillsboro Sub.

After picking up two CSX units in the yard, loaded grain departs Grand Forks westbound. This train will take the hole in Emerado to meet two eastbound stack re-routes before continuing west.

The South Local accelerates out of Grand Forks running a bit late with a nice bluebird leading the way.

A new KCS Southern Belle ACe pulls out of the BNSF Grand Forks Yard fronting the daily Grand Forks - Northtown high priority manifest. If this train hadn't been running several hours late, ... (more)

A Southern Belle Graces the Northern Plains. Pure class. KCS 4114 fronts an odd mix of power as it storms south with a late BNSF H-GFDNTW. KCS has raised the bar when it comes to ... (more)

An SD75M and a dash 9, an unusual consist for a grain train, round the curve under the Demers Avenue overpass on the old passenger main.